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Canadian compromise.
The Montreal Convention on airline liability was agreed last May and could be ratified later this year. Catherine West and Peter Macara offer a handy reference guide to its provisions.
Zurich in Puerto Rico.
Zurich Re has been granted a licence to write all lines of facultative and treaty reinsurance in Pue...
In search of excellence.
Are you responsible for the reinsurance initiative of the year? Could your company be the internat...
COO for Odyssey Re.
Roland Jackson has been promoted to the position of chief operating officer of Odyssey Re Group. He ...
ProVention seeks cure.
(Re)insurers are to play a central role in a new international partnership designed to reduce the hu...
Preparing for lift-off.
In his first-ever interview, veteran Lloyd's space underwriter Simon Spinney tells Adrian Leonard of his planned relaunch.
Best foot forward.
Reinsurance's Lunch Forum on rehabilitation, sponsored by Swiss Re Life & Health, highlighted just how much work UK insurers need to do to catch up with best practice in other countries. Janina Clark reports.
Willis buys Latin.
UK-based broker Willis has bought controlling interests in firms in Mexico and Venezuela. It has acq...
IPC Re closes London office.
IPCRe of Bermuda has closed its London-based European representative office, IPCRe Services, with th...
Axa Re US forms two subsidiaries.
Axa Re US has set up two subsidiaries, Axa Re Property & Casualty Insurance and Axa Re America Insur...
Change to Mynd.
Insurance software and service provider, Policy Management Systems (PMSC) is to change its name to M...
American Re fights block.
American Re has filed a suit against the Pennsylvania insurance department over its blocking of the ...
Superior Employers.
AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of 'A ' (superior) to the Employers Re Group, inclu...
Fasten your seatbelts.
As the numbers of passengers, flights and accidents increase, Eric Alexander considers the higher risks that share the ride with more premiums.
In the eye of the storm.
After a volatile year in 1998 the millennium ended in comparative calm for space insurers, but Cameron Andrews finds forecasts for a solar maximum could mean another stormy season ahead.
Euro storms hit results.
Insured losses from windstorms Lothar and Martin, which tore through continental Europe last Decembe...
People who need people.
A guest at Reinsurance's recent Lunch Forum on rehabilitation (see p26) made a point pertinent to th...
ERC goes online.
ERC Frankona, the European operation of Employers Re, is offering reinsurance online through its new...
Who, what, when?
Dates, disclosure and the status of brokers were all under the spotlight in Callaghan v Thomson. John Butler examines a complex case.
Markel closes Terra Nova purchase.
Markel has announced that it expects to complete its acquisition of Bermuda-based reinsurer Terra No...
Gen Re looks at financial products unit.
General Re is "exploring strategic alternatives for General Re Financial Products", the US reinsurer...
Marathon man.
John Tyszkiewicz (pictured), a broker with Guy Carpenter, aims to raise £15,000 for the UK's Nationa...
New Ren Re director.
Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer Renaissance Re has appointed James MacGinnitie to its board...
Merger threat for marine mutuals.
Consolidation and reform among marine mutual insurers is "inevitable", according to Standard & Poor'...